Machine for planting cuttings



Oct. 9 1923. v 1,470,067

" J. J. M. ELIAS MACHINE FOR PLANTING CUTTINGS gFiled Dec. 12. 1922 Patented Oct. 9 1923.

JOAN J. M. ELIAS, o'FBANJo'EMAs, ava.

'MACHINE Fos PLANTING cU'rTINes.

Application filed December :12, 1922. Serial No. 668,463.

T0. aZZ may) concern Be. it known that I, JOAN JAooB MARI ELIAS, a citizen otthe Dutch East Indies,

and a resident of the city 0f.Banjoemas, Isle of Java, have invented a .Machine for Planting Cuttings, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactspecification,

Iy invention relates more particularly to a machine for planting sugar-cane-cuttings in a field which has been provided with irrigatio'nand,planting-furrows ready to reeeivethe cane-cuttings according to a prior application for patent of mine.

Thepresent invention relates to the second step of a sugarcane culture carried out in an entirelymechani'cal way.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. v

'Figure' 1 aside elevation,

Figure 2 aplan view and I Figure 3 a detail of the planting-machine. In the drawings 1 designates a motorcarriage-frame, which carriage can be moved on by the "motor which drives the hindwheels in any known manner. The rims of the hind-wheels (the front-wheels are not shown) are provided with angle-iron strips (not shown) to prevent slipping. c

On the carriage-frame is placed a container 2 of sheet iron. This co-ntaineris divided into twenty-four compartments by two longitudinal and twelve cross partitionwalls. Each compartment is about 39 c. m. (i 15 2115, 5 inch) 'long, being'about the greatest length of a sugar-cane-cutting or sucker. In order to stiffen and'to strengthen the wholeconstruction of the container the edges-of the walls and partition walls are provided with angle-iron strips. I The container rests on seven crossbars of which the ends are connected to two longitudinal bars.

In the middle of the container is a footboard 3 in order to enable the examination and the survey of the position of the cuttings the axes of which must be arranged parallel with the longitudinal direction of the carriage.

The outer-bottom-corners of the partitions are provided with boxes through which pass shafts 4. On each of these two shafts 4 are mounted twelve drums 5 one drum for each compartment. Each drum projects for a is a'rovided with an outlet-o enin 37 above l l a part through the outerwall braid container for which purpose this wall is provided with suitable recesses. The drums which only extend'partly into the inner of each compartment are not complete hollow cylinders, but one quarter of veach drum is cutaway and this part is replaced by two radial plates 39 and 40 (Fig. 3). t I

The bottom 33 of each compartment might be bent or inclined in sucha way that the lowest point of the bottom is situated in the neighbourhood of the drum extending into the inner part of the compartment.

When by rotating the shafts 4 the open 7 sector of a drum formed by the plates 39 and 40 comes opposite the innerside of't'he compartment a sugar-cane cutting will automatically slip into the drum. In order to prevent'more than one cutting from Slip- .75 Y

ping simultaneously, two bent. plates 35 and 36 are provided. The plate 35,'which is adjustably mountedin a support 34, fixed against the outer wall of the compartment, the bottom of the compartment of such a width. that a sugar-canecutting can freely pass through it. The other plate 36, which isadjustablymounted,'inv the drum is provided wit ha corresponding inlet opening 38'to' the drum-sector The rim of the'plate 36 of the drum, which is rotated in the direction as indicated by the arrow, might be bevelledat the front edge as indicated,,in order that the first en- 'tering cane -cutting.uis immediately sepa;

rated from the succeeding one and the latter being stopped. I

.As there are .severalckinds of sugar-cane cuttings theplates 3,5,, and 36 must vbe adjustable in ordertoregulate the position of the plates in correspondence with thediameter of the cane-cutting of'a certain kind.

The drum-shafts 4 are driven in the fol-' lowing way: 7

To one end of each shaft 4 is fixed a wormwheel 8, engaged by worms 9 of a horizontal shaft 10., This shaft isdriven by means of a driving-gear comprising .two toothed wheels 11 and 12, two chain-wheels l3and 15 and a chain 14, of which wheels the chain-wheel 15 is fixed on the hind-axle of the carriage and can be coupled to one of g the hind-wheels of the carriage bymeans of a friction-coupling which can be operated from the seat of the operator at the backside of the vehicle.

WVhen the drums 5 are rotating, the picked up cane-cuttings will at certain'moment slide along the plates 39 and slipping down along an inclined guide-plate (S will fall'in series of twelve upon an endless transport belt 7, running along the outer-side of each series of drums. Both belts 7 are driven by rolls 16 placed on the ends of the shaft 10.

The proportion of the diameter of the driving-carriage wheels to the diameter of the rolls 16 of the belts 7 is eight to one. The pitch of the worms 9 and the wormwheels 8 is so chosen that when the shaft 10 makes eight revolutions the shafts i make one revolution, so that when the carriage has advanced the length of the circumference of one hind-wheel, the belts 7 will each have received a new series of twelve cuttings.

The active length of the belts 7 is fourteen cuttings so that when twelve cuttings have been removed from each belt, on each belt two cuttings will remain. The transportbelts run over guide-rolls 17, which are placed on spindles fixed to the longitudinal side-bars of the container 2. I

In order to prevent the cane-cuttings from falling off the belts 7, protecting-boards 18 are arranged along the outside of each belt and fixed to the free extremities of the spindles of the guide-rolls 17. i

At one end of each belt the cuttings fall into an inclined runwaylS), the cuttings being prevented from tumbling at the sides by a screen 20. The upper ends of the runways 1.9 are pivoted to the carriage-frame, whilst the lower ends are connected to a yoke 21. From the runways 19 the cane cuttings are supplied to the planting ridges. If the cuttings should be pressed down into the ground a heavy wooden wheel 22 provided with"; in order to protect the cuttings against injury, runs in alignment with each runway 19. The common shaft of these two wheels 22 bears in arms 23 which are hinged to the yoke 21. mounted in two blocks 27, fastened against the underside of the carriage-frame is provided with two fixed cross-arms 24: (Fig;

1.) extending parallel above the arms 23, the

a massive india-rubber tire' This yoke which is pivotally free ends of these arms spiral-springs 25. 22 are mounted 'yieldingly.

As the wheels 22 must be capable of being ways 19 can beraised.

It is evident that the c-ane-cuttings must be carefully supplied into the different compartments of the container as all cuttings should lie parallel in the longitudinal direction of the carriage.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to beper formed, I declare that what I claim is:

A. machine for planting two rows of cuttings simultaneously more particularly for planting sugar-cane-cuttings or suckers comprising a container mounted upon a motor-carriage-frame, divided by two longitudinaland a great number of crosspartition-walls into a number of compartments, the bottom of each compartment being inclined. towards the outer-bottom-corner, in

which corner the outer-wall of the container is partly broken away in order to let partly pass a drum mounted on a rotary shaft, which extends through all the compartments situated at the same side of the container, each drum being provided with a chamber into which the cuttings piled up in the compartment can automatically slip over, which compartment and drum are provided with means to prevent that more than one cutting will slip into the drum. which cuttings are delivered in series by the rotary drums to endless travelling belts. running at the are connected by is In this way thewheels.

By rotating this hand-wheel the wheels 22 and the lower-endsof the runouter side along each ser es of drums. by V which belts the cuttings aresuccessively dropped into, the planting-ridges.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification.

J. J. M. ELIAS. 

